But the Ministry has kept it low profile. On one hand where Chinese External Ministry even released pictures in a to prove their claim, Indian side only replied by a press release on their website and not even shared on social media platforms like Twitter by the +Ministry of External Affairs, India

It reiterates the lack of aggression by the Govt of India when it comes to dealing with China.

Below is the press statement:

Recent Developments in Doklam Area

June 30, 2017

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs made a statement on 26 June 2017 alleging that Indian border troops crossed the boundary line in the Sikkim sector of the China-India boundary and entered Chinese territory. This has been reiterated since then in other Chinese official briefings.

The facts of the matter are as follows:i.On 16 June, a PLA construction party entered the Doklam area and attempted to construct a road. It is our understanding that a Royal Bhutan Army patrol attempted to dissuade them from this unilateral activity. The Ambassador of the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGOB) has publicly stated that it lodged a protest with the Chinese Government through their Embassy in New Delhi on 20 June.

ii.Yesterday, the Foreign Ministry of Bhutan has also issued a statement underlining that the construction of the road inside Bhutanese territory is a direct violation of the 1988 and 1998 agreements between Bhutan and China and affects the process of demarcating the boundary between these two countries. They have urged a return to the status quo as before 16 June 2017.

iii.In keeping with their tradition of maintaining close consultation on matters of mutual interest, RGOB and the Government of India have been in continuous contact through the unfolding of these developments.

iv.In coordination with the RGOB, Indian personnel, who were present at general area Doka La, approached the Chinese construction party and urged them to desist from changing the status quo. These efforts continue.

v.The matter has been under discussion between India and China at the diplomatic level in the Foreign Ministries since then, both in New Delhi and Beijing. It was also the subject of a Border Personnel Meeting at Nathu La on 20 June.

India is deeply concerned at the recent Chinese actions and has conveyed to the Chinese Government that such construction would represent a significant change of status quo with serious security implications for India.

In this context, the Indian side has underlined that the two Governments had in 2012 reached agreement that the tri-junction boundary points between India, China and third countries will be finalized in consultation with the concerned countries. Any attempt, therefore, to unilaterally determine tri-junction points is in violation of this understanding.

Where the boundary in the Sikkim sector is concerned, India and China had reached an understanding also in 2012 reconfirming their mutual agreement on the "basis of the alignment”. Further discussions regarding finalization of the boundary have been taking place under the Special Representatives framework.

It is essential that all parties concerned display utmost restraint and abide by their respective bilateral understandings not to change the status quo unilaterally. It is also important that the consensus reached between India and China through the Special Representatives process is scrupulously respected by both sides.

India has consistently taken a positive approach to the settlement of its own boundary with China, along with the associated issue of the tri-junctions.

India cherishes peace and tranquillity in the India-China border areas. It has not come easily. Both sides have worked hard to establish institutional framework to discuss all issues to ensure peace and tranquillity in the India-China border areas. India is committed to working with China to find peaceful resolution of all issues in the border areas through dialogue.

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Lot of fuss has been made about the 4th June match between India and Pakistan particularly by few media houses and groups. One example is +Zee News who are relentlessly taking up this issue in their popular prime time show #DNA and on other shows.

Here is what is their logic behind boycotting the match:

Soldiers are giving their life due to Pakistan sponsored terrorism at border and we are playing cricket

What will the families of these soldiers think when two captains will shake hands or probably hug each other during match (really?)

We curse Pakistan in every way, but when it comes to cricket, 4s and 6s becomes more important (literal translation)

Is money more important for BCCI than the National interest

Virat Kohli shows a lot of pain on social media but actually does nothing

It feels like Kohli is very excited to play match with Pakistan

If like the Cricket Team, Indian soldiers also starts shaking hands with Pakistani soldiers than how would you feel!

Cricketers can learn a lot from Gautam Gambhir who announced to bear the cost of the education of the children of Sukhma incident.

Indian cricketers earn a lot of money from matches and endrosements but never comes forward to offer their duties as citizens of the country (really?)

Is time pass more important for you than the national interest?

These are the actual points taken from the following #DNA clip narrated by famous Sudhir Chaudhary.

I am sure many of you will feel that these points does not call for such detailed analysis by us and should be taken lightly. But when it comes to National Interest, should we take anything lightly? (pun intended)
Therefore, here is the point by point rebuttal of the above points raised by Zee News.

DNA:Soldiers are giving their life due to Pakistan sponsored terrorism at border and we are playing cricketWRM:Though cricketers are not sacrificing their lives for the Nation like our soldiers do but the pride they carry for the Nation in their hearts is similar. They play under the Indian flag and when they beat Pakistan, it fills us all with pride.

DNA:What will the families of these soldiers think when two captains will shake hands or probably hug each other during match (really?)WRM:You know when the DGMOs meet on the border or talk over the hotline, they also exchange hellos; they don't start the talks by cursing each other. You ever heard the word professional courtesy?

DNA: We curse Pakistan in every way, but when it comes to cricket, 4s and 6s becomes more important (literal translation)WRM:When it comes to playing against Pakistan, be it cricket or any other sport, we don't care about 4s and 6s, we want India to beat them badly; everytime!

DNA: Is money more important for BCCI than the National interestWRM:BCCI is no saint, everyone knows that. But you should push Govt. to close all the trade ties with Pakistan, if you really care. Or do this: only sell, don't buy.

DNA: Virat Kohli shows a lot of pain on social media but actually does nothingWRM:Virat Kohli is a great ambassador of India who is representing the Nation well. We should get inspired by him and excel in our fields instead of criticizing him unnecessarily.

DNA: It feels like Kohli is very excited to play match with PakistanWRM:We are all very excited because we want to see those hanging faces of Pakistani players and supporters.

DNA: If like the Cricket Team, Indian soldiers also starts shaking hands with Pakistani soldiers than how would you feel!WRM:When it is in professional courtesy, it is done by Prime Ministers, Army DGMOs, Players and who not!

DNA: Cricketers can learn a lot from Gautam Gambhir who announced to bear the cost of the education of the children of Sukhma incident.WRM:Is Gautam Gambhir not a cricketer? Has he said anything against this match? If he was in team, wouldn't he played this match?

DNA: Indian cricketers earn a lot of money from matches and endorsements but never comes forward to offer their duties as citizens of the country (really?)WRM:Like our jawans, cricketers are also executing their duties by playing for the nation. Blaming BCCI can be okay but criticizing players is foolish.

DNA: Is time pass more important for you than the national interest?WRM:Cheering for India and supporting those who represent India on world stage is a great time pass to have.

As they have already mentioned in the above clip, we have not played any bilateral tournament since 5 years with Pakistan and no one is complaining. Not public and not a single player of team India.

India of today knows that Cricket is not important than International diplomacy. Those days are gone when we were fighting Kargil war with Pakistan and public was busy in World Cup. (But that also has to do a lot with what media was focusing on at that time.)

India has already made a right decision by not playing any bilateral series and to ban Pakistani players in Indian leagues such as +Indian Premier League | IPL and Pro Kabaddi etc. Playing Pakistan in an international tournament is different thing and before opposing that we should take many more steps diplomatically. Remember we still have our consulate in Pakistan and have many trade arrangements with them. Lets proceed in the direction of breaking all these ties and then think about walking out of these tournaments.

We loved +Zee News because it talks about National Interest. But we suggest you to be a little rational in your reporting. India has many important things to do and many important areas to focus on than Cricket with Pakistan!

Saturday, May 27, 2017

India Today in just one of the many publications that is doing it's bit to cleanse the image of Arundhati Roy who is in news for her anti-National statements.

This got even more highlighted when Actor Paresh Rawal tweeted against her.

IndiaToday tries to explain a lot, citing many sources but does not talk about the source of the video where Arundhati says India is waging war against it's own states. The question is of intention.

If you see who uploaded this video on youtube - a Patriotic Pakistani - you will get an idea about who is listening her.The credibility of the article touches it's lowest point when they quote AltNews.in as a media watchdog! Seriously? Should we laugh or get angry?Look what they say about altnews.in

Do they know the meaning of media watchdog? Certainly not.

Look at what the About Page of the altnews.in says about themselves.

This is as stupid as someone can get!

It describes itself as antidote to the right-wing propagandists. Probably this is the definition of media watchdog that IndiaToday got from Rajdeep Sardesai.

Requesting all the readers, whether liberal or right-wing or left-wing, if you really are Indians, then do something for the Nation and not against it! Don't just buy any propaganda.

Saturday, April 8, 2017

Just before the shorter format series against England at the beginning of this year, MS Dhoni gave up his captaincy and passed on the baton to Virat Kohli. This meant that Dhoni would not represent India as a captain in any of the formats. Taking the cue probably, the Rising Pune Supergiants IPL team management also announced that Dhoni would not be leading the side anymore. They also went a step ahead and also informed that Dhoni did not step down, but RPS decided to pass the captaincy to someone young as they did not do well in last season.

Now the question is: is it the right decision? We think not.

Making brain-fade Smith as captain and expecting Indians to cheer for them?

Though the brain-fade incident happened much after the announcement of Smith as the replacement of MS Dhoni but we all know the reputation and attitute of Aussies. And choosing one of the Aussies as the captain when you have someone like Dhoni should actually be a very difficult and painful decision to take. But the way RPS announced it proudly showed otherwise. The point here is, if you care about the stature and reputation of someone like Dhoni, you would convince Dhoni to step down and announce that he has chosen to quit the captaincy and not say that we have removed him. It makes a huge difference.

Tweet by the RPS owner's brother after winning their first IPL 2017 match which was later deleted

Dhoni in Team India vs Dhoni of Rising Pune Supergiant

Now one would argue that Dhoni stepping down as Indian ODI and T20 captain did not make any difference in the Indian team and we won both the series so how would it make a difference with RPS? There is a huge difference.

First and the foremost, Dhoni quit Indian team captaincy so the Kohli can get time to prepare a team for Champions Trophy in June 2017 and eventually for the World Cup in 2019. That is done for the benefit of Indian cricket. IPL is different.

Secondly, if you listen to Kohli after assuming ODI and T20 captaincy, he would always say that he still consider Dhoni as his captain and would take suggestions and learn from him. This was clearly visible in the ODI and T20 series against England when Dhoni and Kohli were seen numerous times on the ground discussing things and taking decisions together. This actually was doubly beneficial as Dhoni was acting like a mentor and at the same time he did not have the burden and pressure of captaincy while batting. It's a win-win situation for Indian team but is it same for RPS?

Thanks for always being the leader a youngster wants to have around him. You'll always be my captain @msdhoni Bhai 😊😊

Not so. In case of RPS, the new captain is Steve Smith, and neither we have heard nor seen him taking advice from Dhoni. He is an full time captain of a rival team Australia and doing so is egoistically not feasible, perhaps. Now that is a lose-lose situation.

I would not say, God save RPS this IPL because they have demeaned the closest God they got.

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

The storm is rising again. Leftists and the 'thekedaar' of free speech have got something to cry about. They have found a girl in DU that believes in their ideology and what's special about her is that she is the daughter of a Kargil martyr. Haven't they found gold!

She raised her voice against the ABVP who tried to stop Umer Khalid from doing a JNU in the DU. Soon an older video surfaced where she talked about making peace with Pakistan. In the video she claimed to be a daughter of Kargil war martyr, which later on proved wrong as her father did not die in Kargil war but in an counter insurgency operation later on. Though it does not make him less of a martyr but they probably used Kargil war in that video as it suited the script better!

But what's interesting is that many among the prominent personalities are not shying away from showing these so called 'liberals' their place on social media.

Virender Sehwag, who is becoming popular by the day on social media replied to the storm by raising another, a typical style of an aggressive batsman:

It went viral in no time, like it does normally. But when it was praised by Randeep Hooda, it was probably too much for a liberal like Shekhar Gupta to digest:

But Randeep did not take much time to show Shekhar his place.

Another solider of free speech in the media, the well known Rana Ayyub pitched in but she dug her own grave like she normally does! Nailed again by Randeep.

'Despite being a girl'? Seriously? This is as stupid as one can get. Two min silence for her employers.

Anyways, a sane person would understand by now and would try to talk sensibly, at least. But that would be too much to expect from Rana, who made another grave mistake in the following tweet:

This was bound to raise storm and the honours were done by none other than Phogat sisters themselves!

See Rana's follow up reply, she could not say anything against Babita however much she wanted to. Got pinned down already, the salt on the wound was rubbed by the elder sis, Geeta!

Friday, September 23, 2016

Vikas Swarup, the spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs has shared the comments from various Nations in response to the Uri Attack of Sunday, 18th September 2016.

Many of these nations such as US, Canada, Japan, Germany, France, Russia, UAE, Mauritius, Bahrain, Nepal, Bangladesh and UK used strong words to condemn the attack and expressed their solidarity with India.

'United States is committed to our strong partnership with Indian government to combat terrorism.' - US

'...stand with the Government of India in the fight against terrorism.' - Canada

'Japan expressed its solidarity with India in the fight against terrorism.' - Japan

'... stands shoulder to shoulder with India in the fight against terrorism, and in bringing the perpetrators to justice.' - United Kingdom

It is to be noted that the Russia has named Pakistan in their statement and France has named the terror groups including the perpetrator 'Jaish-e-Mohammad'.

In addition to this, UAE and Bahrain said that they support any action that India might take to bring the preparators to justice. This is a strong statement.

It is true that this is a major attack on an Indian military establishment in decades and has rightly drawn such reactions from the International community, but are these comments and condemnations enough? The Nation is expecting strong retaliation from India but the Govt. is yet to take any visible action.

Sunday, September 18, 2016

Uri attack on the 18th Sept Sunday morning was the biggest attack on an Indian Army in recent times with more causalities than #Pathankot.This attack has got reactions like never before from eminent personalities in the society. Now it matters because it tells the mood of the Nation after this attack and continuous efforts of Pakistan to destabilize Jammu & Kashmir and India at a large.Starting with the +Olympic medal winning Vijender Singh who went to the extent of saying that 'if Pakistanis have chosen war, let['s] go for it'. This surely is what all the Indians are feeling at the moment.#Edit : This is being constantly updated! I am sure those at helm can feel the pain too. +Narendra Modi+PMO India

Sunday, September 20, 2015

TRAI asked for the public opinion on the call drop issue and requested the consumers to answer the following 4 questions:
Here are our answers.

Q1: Do you agree that calling consumers should not be charged for a call
that got dropped within five seconds? In addition, if the call gets
dropped any time after five seconds, the last pulse of the call
(minute/second) which got dropped, should not be charged. Please support
your viewpoint with reasons along with the methodologies for
implementation.

Ans: This is without doubt that calling consumer should not be charged for the dropped call (within 5 sec) but even if the call gets dropped anytime during the length of the conversation, the complete call should not be charged if the length is below 5 minutes OR the first 5 minutes should not be charged if the length is more than that. The cap of five minutes is only in the support of Telecom Companies.The motive of TRAI and the Ministry of Communications and IT is to meet the quality of service benchmarks and that can be done if strict rules are applied. We want to reach to a situation where calls are not dropped at all, and for that the Regulator and the Govt. should bind the Telecom Companies to take the issue seriously. First 5 sec and Last Pulse limit is very less for these cash rich companies who have ignored this issue since long and are still not serious about it.

Q2: Do you agree that calling consumer should also be compensated for
call drops by the access service providers? If yes, which of the
following methods would be appropriate for compensating the consumers
upon call drop?
(i) Credit of talk-time in minutes/ seconds
(ii) Credit of talk-time in monetary terms
(iii) Any other method you may like to suggest.
Please support your viewpoint with reasons along with the methodologies for implementation.

Ans: Yes, the calling consumer should definitely be compensated and the compensation should be in monetary terms (point ii).The amount as per the applied tariff should be credited to the consumers' prepaid or postpaid account with reference to the rules mentioned in the first point. The credit compensation is important because, Telecom users in the present time use various services in addition to the calling through the mobile phones. If the compensation is made in the monetary terms, the consumer can avail it in a better way.

Q3: If the answer to the Q2 is in the affirmative, suggest
conditions/limits, if any, which should be imposed upon the provision of
crediting talk-time upon call drop and usage thereof.

Ans: The amount as per the tariff of the consumer should be credited to the
consumers' prepaid or postpaid account in monetary terms with reference to the rules
mentioned in the first point. He should be able to use that credit across services that the Telecom Operator provides.

Q4: Is there any other relevant issue which should be considered in the present consultation on the issue of call drops?

Ans: Apart from Call Drops, many customers are also facing the poor connectivity issues inside their houses or offices or at certain places. To overcome this, the Telecom Companies should be bound to release mapping of the signal strength at the different parts of the city like it happen in few other countries.

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Media, Pakistan and many others are interpreting this comment of Shri Ajit Doval as a threat to Pakistan that if they do another Mumbai, they might loose Balochitstan.
But probably, in the race to create headlines, or because of the
cluttered mindset, people have overlooked and misinterpreted the
statement.

Though, none other than Shri Doval can accurately tell us what he meant, here is one logical interpretation.What Shri Doval said:

"You can do one Mumbai, you may loose Balochistan."

If you look closely, there is no "One more Mumbai". Now, if you listen to the complete clipping of the below video (find the details here), you will see that he was giving a speech to students at a University and was telling them the Modes of Engagement.

What he actually meant:After explaining the Modes of Engagement and the importance of the Defensive
Offense Mode, he said if India has adopted this mode instead of the
Defensive Mode which India was on at the time of Mumbai 2008, Pakistan
would have known that if they go ahead with those attacks, they might loose
Balochitsan and they might have never done it.Though, it does not matter if Shri
Doval has actually issued this threat; he is very much entitled to do
that, but misinterpretation is a crime.

And dear Pakistan, you can always go ahead and take this as a threat; if that serves you better.

Sunday, August 23, 2015

Even after the strict warning from the Indian side against the meeting of Pakistani Govt. with the separatist group Hurriyat's leaders alongside the NSA Level talks; defiant Pakistan continued to do whatever possible to make India cancel the talks and earn a brownie point in their fake International Diplomacy. (Though we believe that the matter of Terrorism, ceasefire violations and infiltration needs to be handled on ground with appropriate military action; but we also know that diplomacy should also proceed in it's own merit.)

Paksitan's MEA and NSA Sartaj Ajiz called a press conference and reiterated that Pakistan wants to include Kashmir in the talks and would meet Hurriyat leaders.

You can watch him in the following video:

To these points India's MEA Sushma Swaraj sent a stern and apt reply which every Indian should know and understand.

First she clarified the meaning of so called "Dialog" and stated that this scheduled meeting between the two NSAs is neither the Composite Dialog or the Resumed Dialog that started between India and Pakistan in 1998.

Rather, it is a meeting to proceed in the direction to enable the two countries to resume that Resumed Dialog.

She clearly mentioned that to resume the Composite Dialog which includes the topic of Jammu & Kashmir among the other topics, we have to first talk on Terrorism, Ceasefire violations and the issues that are obstructing the regular dialog process. This NSA Level, DG BSF & DG Pakistan Rangers, and DGMOs talks is a step in that direction.

But it takes a sensible person, entity, Nation or leadership to understand this.

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Nawaz Sharif : More than six decades ago, the United Nations passed resolutions to hold a plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir. The people of Jammu and Kashmir are still waiting for the fulfillment of that promise.

Many
generations of Kashmiris have lived their lives under occupation,
accompanied by violence and abuse of their fundamental rights. Kashmiri
women, in particular, have undergone immense suffering and humiliation.

For
decades, attempts have been made, both under UN auspices and
bilaterally in the spirit of the Lahore Declaration, to resolve this
dispute.

The
core issue of Jammu and Kashmir has to be resolved. This is the
responsibility of the international community.We cannot draw a veil on
the issue of Kashmir, until it is addressed in accordance with the
wishes of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan
is ready to work for resolution of this problem through negotiations.
Our support and advocacy of the right to self-determination of the
people of Jammu and Kashmir is our historic commitment and a duty; as a
party to the Kashmir dispute.

Narendra Modi's response:

+Narendra Modi : This includes Pakistan. I am prepared to engage in a serious bilateral dialogue with Pakistan in a peaceful atmosphere, without the shadow of terrorism, to promote our friendship and cooperation. However, Pakistan must also take its responsibility seriously to create an appropriate environment. Raising issues in this forum is not the way to make progress towards resolving issues between our two countries. Instead, today, we should be thinking about the victims of floods in Jammu and Kashmir. In India, we have organized massive flood relief operations and have also offered assistance for Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.

Monday, September 1, 2014

According to latest TRP ratings Kabaddi has become the second most watched game in India next to IPL. People are thrilled to see a gali-mohalla game to reach such heights of popularity while the other games like hockey and football has been striving for such popularity in India for many years now.

The Indianness of Kabaddi makes it special. It originated in Indian soil and hence has an Indian essence in it.

For example, the concept of 'revival' or 'sanjeevani' of a player when a raider scores touch point in oppositions's half. It means the 'out' player can be brought to life again. This is symbolically equal to the concept of rebirth in most of India-born religions like Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism where life is cyclical. This concept in missing in other sports like cricket, boxing etc wherein out literally means out. You can not return back to the game once you are declared out. It strikes similarity with western mythology where life is linear and so you have only one life. Hence the sense of urgency arises to do everything, achieve everything in one lifetime.
Another example in Kabaddi is of a raider fighting for a point in opposition's half in order to revive his teammate. This exhibits Indian belief system of paropkar and karma. This is not evident in foreign games like relay race wherein a player passes batons to his teammate who then runs for fulfilling former's goal.

Signing off with a note - Lets enjoy this wonderful game and keep alive its essence. 'Khel Kabaddi!'

I have heard a lot about Narendra Modi, the bad things and the good things; about Godhra and about Governance; of culpability and of capabi...

Why does it Really Matter?

We all are Indians and we all love India, no doubt over that. But everyone of us loves India in a different way and perhaps a different aspect of India. This also speaks about the richness of the culture we live in that we are bewildered with the things to be happy and be proud about.

But this aspect comes with a flip side as well. There are numerous things around us as well which makes us sad and disappointed. Thankfully enough, these "bad" things though seems so inherent to Indian society are actually created by us and therefore we are capable of handling them as well.

There is of course an increase in the awareness in the society at large about various ill practices prevailing in the country and there are also lots of talks and discussions about each topic that comes out in public. Debates are good, but shouldn't we also start working towards resolving the problem at the local level by taking one problem at a time and therefore preventing it to become a uncontrollable monster later on.

Given the size of manpower we have which is mostly young, we have the capability and the liability to work towards making India a better place to live in, literally.

I am up for it and I want to live in an India which does justice with the history, culture, morals and the aspirations of the Indian civilization. And this is just to start with; I see no reason why we can't become the front-runners and show the world the direction to prosperity and happiness. After all, we believe and preach the principal of 'Vasudaiv Kutumbakam'. Which other civilization believes such principal inherently?

It is just the matter of belief and once we start believing, there is nothing we cannot achieve. This is also true with the entire human race and since we have done it in the past, let's get together and do it again.